WICKED

Sarah's parents provided an opportunity for all of her siblings and their spouses to get together for a nice dinner.

We ate right by the water at the Georgetown waterfront and it was a beautiful evening. After dinner we walked over to the Kennedy Center to watch Wicked, a musical of the true story about the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz.
It was fantastic. We highly recommend seeing it!
All in all, it was a perfect evening for just the adult "kids" to hang out with Sarah's parents. We are so thankful for such a wonderful family!

Evan's First Birthday

Evan had his first birthday on July 28th. He had some little friends over for a playdate that week to celebrate. We also had a family party with a theme of Redskins. When trying to come up with a theme, we knew it had to be either football or soccer ball oriented. He loves playing with them. Eli was the one who suggested a Redskins theme. And as you can see, Evan got right into it.

A Country Weekend

One of my co-workers from Stone Hill now has a horse farm. We were all invited to come for a picnic and see her farm and ride her horses. They are beautiful! Eli loved running around, feeding and grooming the horses, and of course, riding them as well!

We spent John's day off walking around Middleburg. It was a hot day, but we enjoyed walking around the stores and looking at the buildings and old churches. They have some great shops. The boys did great and we finished the afternoon with some ice cream!

The Beach at Corolla

In July, we headed off to the beach in the Outer Banks. We stayed at a house with our good friends Ali and Khatera whose kids, Jaala and Azad, are the same ages as ours.

The kids had a blast playing together.

On a rainy day, we climbed to the top of the Corolla Lighthouse. The kids ran all the way up! Then asked to be carried back down again.
One evening, we were able to have a family photo shoot. We took pictures of them and they took some of us. It was so nice, John is not in any of our family photos since he is always the one taking the picture.

All in all, it was a very restful week and we are so thankful for great friends. Now if we can just get Evan out of the habit of eating sand before we go back in September...